Senior Finance Director

Job Description : Senior Director Finance – Doha, Qatar Job purpose: The purpose of this position is to support the Management of the Business Unit Commercial and the MNO in general, to continuously optimize their resources and to set, monitor and achieve their financial and operational goals and targets in line with Financial and Corporate policies, guidelines, goals and targets Key Accountabilities: Planning and Organization: Coordinate budget and forecast process, align targets, report gaps and take steps to have parties’ close gaps as much as possible before final submission Provide recommendations to commercial management team CXO, SVPs and VP COF and CFO regarding budget forecast Develop action plans for own/team’s projects in order to effectively deliver on assignments Financial Excellence – Budgets, Revenue/Gross Margin, OPEX and CAPEX: Financial assessment of all significant spending, investments and revenue generations within the Commercial department Customer Excellence – Internal/External Customer Engagement and Relationship Management: Develop relationships with key customers/stakeholders in order to ensure buy-in Oversee and guide delivery of desired levels of customer service by own team in order to ensure required coordination and cooperation People Excellence – Learning and Growth: Manage the BU Finance Commercial team in a way that both team goals and individual goals/growth and responsibilities are met Drive employee engagement within their functional area Lead team by role modelling brand values and implementing good management practices Ensure effective development and training of subordinate organization Process Excellence – Operational Efficiency and Risk Management: Ensure that financial statements and operational KPI’s are monitored regularly, variance analyses are performed and findings are formally communicated to involved parties Ensure that the relevant reporting is timely available, consistent and data integrity is assured Optimise core financial processes and assure compliance and alignment with Financial and Corporate policies, guidelines, goals and targets within the Business Unit Commercial Advice to the department’s management on both financial and operational risks, opportunities and optimisations, and providing sound analyses to support business decisions Frameworks, boundaries, and decision-making authority: This job represents the Finance function within the business area and assists the assigned area in effective financial management/Business Controlling It has indirect accountability of budgets, costs and investment decisions for providing (pro-actively) objective advice to the department’s management on both financial and operational risks, opportunities, optimisations This is combined with ensuring control and governance is in place The job holder must manage a complex and wide range of financial management situations and requests ranging from significant investment decisions to basic cost control and financial monitoring and reporting processes The job requires excellent awareness of financial management concepts as well as relationship management in order to advise senior executives, clarify processes and requirements for line managers, identify means of supporting business growth while staying within parameters set by Finance Qualifications, experience, skills and competencies: Postgraduate degree in Finance Minimum 10 years of experience in a similar role in the telecommunications industry with setting up and evaluating Revenue, gross margin, OPEX and CAPEX related Business cases and cost efficiency programs as part of Finance Business controlling/support At least five of these years must be at the senior managerial level Good understanding of Commercial and Technology areas Understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards Strong financial background and experience with ERP systems Strong interpersonal, presentation, professional writing and communicator skills Strong analytical skills Knowledge of Oracle Financials and Cognos beneficial Experience in working with multinational and multicultural companies Data cruncher and excel modelling expert Think Strategically Achieve Tangible Results Lead Breakthrough Change Exceed Customer Expectations Nurture, Inspire and Motivate Target Win-Win Outcomes

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